CANTON, Conn. (WTNH) — Maggie Cole walked into a CVS reasoning it was going to beryllium an casual trip. The Canton ma needed Children’s Tylenol and different medicine for her 13-month-old daughter, Caroline, who was diagnosed with a ruptured eardrum and a achy receptor infection.
But she didn’t find the medicine there. So she went to the adjacent CVS, and past the adjacent store, and past the next.
“It breaks you,” she said. “You spot your small 1 hurting and you volition determination mountains. You volition determination eden and world to marque definite they’re better.”
For Cole, who is expecting her 2nd child, it was reminiscent of this year’s babe look shortage.
Dr. Kirsten Bechtel, who works successful pediatric exigency medicine for Yale Medicine, said this play is “unprecedented” erstwhile it comes to pediatric illness. A unreserved of influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial microorganism (RSV) has been dubbed a “tripledemic.”
She suggests for parents to look for generic symptom oregon fever-reducing medications arsenic an alternate if their pharmacy doesn’t person what they request successful stock.
“You don’t needfully person to get the marque mentation of Tylenol, Motrin oregon Advil,” Bechtel said. “They besides travel successful generic forms, specified arsenic acetaminophen for Tylenol, oregon ibuprofen for Motrin oregon Advil.”
In a written connection to News 8, CVS said that “We’re presently seeing accrued request for cold, flu and symptom alleviation products. We’re committed to gathering our customers’ needs and are moving with our suppliers to guarantee continued entree to these items.”
Cole leaned connected household and friends astir the authorities to way down medicine for Caroline. Her father-in-law yet recovered it — astatine a Walmart an hr away.
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